THE SCOTTISH CHIEF
FOUNDED 1887
RED SPRINGS CITIZEN
FOUNDED 1896
CONSOLIDATED 1944
THE SCOTTISH CITIZEN
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
SERVING WESTERN
ROBESON—AND! TOWNS
OF MAXTON—RED
SPRINGS
PARKTON—ROWLAND
Published Thursdays
Red Springs, N. C., and Maxton, N. C
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1946
Volume LVII, No 4
Busy Program Sel Up For Robeson
4-H Clubs During Coming Year
Henry McKinnon
J A 4-H program for Robeson
county for the coming yfear was
adopted Saturday at a meeting of
the county council in the agri
cultural building. Thirty-six mem
bers were present, the attendance
being small because of -schools
Announces For
making up ost t.i.£> with
urday session.
a Sat-
Scottish Boink
Will Build
In SI. Pauls
Stale Senate
Presbyterian Men
Hear Year's Plans
And Elect Officers
Plans for the church program of
the coming year were discussed
by Rev.
officers
monthly
Springs
Thomas A. Fry, Jr.
were elected at
meeting of the
Presbyterian Meir’s
and
■ the
Red
Club
Miss Valdean Walters,
dent of the council, was in
.of the
tion to
en by
county
meeting, and an
the plan of work
B. C. Herlocker,
agent.
presi-
charge
introduc-
was giv-
assistant
Various parts of the
program were explained
proposed
by Mil-
dred Prevatte, Smiths 4-H club;
Lena McClellan, Barnesville;
Christine Jckson, St. Pauls; Doug-
las Kinlaw,
Dora Pittman,
Barker-Ten-Mile,
OFFERS FOR RE-ELECTION TO HOUSE
Towns Of Maxlon, Laurinburg
May Acquire Army Air Base
Dr. McClelland
Making Fine Progress
Toward Recovery
Action Possible
Within 2 Weeks
Delegations from the towns
of
Lewis.
- Cobb,.
Orrum;
Barker-Ten-Mile;
Virginia
James
The Scottish Bank plans to be
gin construction within two weeks
of a
its St.
today
man.
The
modern banking house for
Pauls unit it was announced
by President John P. Sted-
building is to be erected
' Allenton;
Pauls.
Parkton; Beatrice Alford,
Kenneth
Harrell, St.
on Main street on the lot adjoin
ing ’that where Dr. J. F. Nash
and Dr. L. J. Moore have their of
fices.
The new building will be of the
most modern design and will be
constructed with the convenience
of the patrons in mind, Mr. Sted
man said.
Plans for the building are now
being completed .by James R.
Russell, architect, and materials
in the hut Wednesday night.
Officers elected by acclamation
will be inaugurated next
and will take office at the
meeting. They were: J. E.
son, president; Neill Watson,
president; George Thrower, trea
surer; and R. B. McRacken. see
retary.
The program
pastor included:
services April 7
Extension of the
into membership
outlined by.
1. Evangelistic
through 10; 2.
church to invite
persons not now
A new
which the
scoring
best club
-will be determined
principle by
in the county
at the end of
for its construction are being
cured Mr. Stedman declared.
se
HENRY A. McKTNNON
the club year was outlined by
Miss Veronica Britt, assistant
. home demonstration agent.
The score card gives credit for
meeting attendance, representa
tives at short course, council
meetings and camp; local club
exhibit; programs prepared in ad
vance of meeting; and attendance
at 4-H Church Sunday program.
In addition extra ^points may be
added for each club entering
county contests, and clubs having
a first place winner in county, dis
trict, state and national contests.
Meeting Set
To Give Farmers
Information
O. P. Owens, county agent,
an-
nounces a meeting to be held at
the Armory on Wednesday,- Febru-
ary 27,
farmers
mation
at 8:00 p. m., to bring to
first-hand valuable infor-
on the production and
Henry A. McKinnon, prominent
local attorney, stated today that
he plans to run
state senator' in
mary.
Mr. McKinnon
for the office of
the coming pri-
is a native and
J. Bayard Clark
Candidate Far
Renominafion
grading of quality .tobacco,
Mr. Owens, in a letter sent to
neighborhood leaders throughout
the county, calls attention to the
fact that more attention will deft-
nitey be given to different grades
of tobacco in 1946, which will
make' it necessary for the farmer
to give more attention to produc
ing tonacco of the higher grades
if he expects to secure the maxi-
^mum income from his tobacco
.crop.
The meeting in Lumberton is
one of a series which has been
scheduled throughout the state in
the interests of the tobacco grow
er.
Several outstanding tobacco au
thorities will attend the meetings
and discuss the latest findings
with reference to growing quality
tobacco. Included on the programs
are Dr. W. Garner, J. C. McMut-
rey. Dr. E. E. Clayton, Dr. L. D.
Baver, Director I. 0. Schaub, Dr.
R. Wl Cummings, Dr. E.-G. Moss
and Dr. W. ES Colwell.
Mr. Owens strongly" urges the
attendance of all farmers who can
possibly get to the meeting point
ing out that the farmer himself
will benefit by his attendance.
lifelong resident of Robeson coun
ty. He has resided in Maxton and
Lumberton, and was formerly the
mayor of Maxton.
He was graduated from Trinity
College, where he prepared him
self for the legal profession.
Mr. McKinnon is a veteran of
the first World War, and served
overseas in that war. He is a for
mer member of the county board
of education, former chairman of
the Robeson county
Democratic
executive committee, and a for
mer chairman of the 7th Distrct
Young People’s Democratic clubs.
He is prominently identified with
various civic activities, and was
chairman of t*ie Robeson county
committee in the 5th, 6th, and 7th
War Bond Drives.
At the present time, Mr, Mc
Kinnon is attorney for the boarc’
of county commissioners.
W. s. Britt May
Enter Race For
Representative
Talked As Opponent
For J. Bayard Clark
J.
BAYARD CLARK
Representative J. Bayard Clark
of the Seventh Congressional Dis
trict, filed Saturday for renomi-
nation to the House of
sentar"ves, . subject to the
cratic primary, May 25.
Representative Clark is
ing his ninth two-year term
Repre-
Demo-
FARMERS, ATTENTION
The 1946 AAA program is
different in several ways from
the program in recent years.
Your attention is called to
the complete explanation of
the program brought to you
on page 3, by several of the
county’s leading farm supply
serv-
in the
House of Representatives, having
been first elected in 1928.
During recent weeks, the Sev
enth District representative has
recived great praise from mem
bers of the Senate and House as
well as from private citizens for
his excellent work on the Pearl
'Harbor investigating committee.
Many have given Representa
tive' Clark credit for' keeping the
investigation on an even keel at
businesses. The
was prepared by
AAA office.
information
the county
times when others sought to
it into a political issue.
A It has also been declared
Clark’s expert questioning of
turn
that
sev-
era! witnesses has tended to bring
out Important matters that other
wise would have been “lost to
history.”
P. J. C Makes
Housing Possible
For Veterans
Maxto,n, N. C., Feb.
Arrangements have been
by Presbyterian Punior
14.—
made
College
to house veterans in excess of
dormitory capacity. Accommoda
tions may be found for single and
married students. A list of avail
able rooms and apartments for
rent is on fa e a j the co ]] e g e 0 f.
fice. A new refresher course,
■with nrollment limited to forty
^ U ients, will be in March 4.
Don’t
ance of
2S, date
ings at
intended
overlook
completed.
the import-
Thursday, February
for community meet-
which time filing of
practices must be
WILL SPEAK
roughton
Former Governor J. M. Brough
ton will speak over the facilities
of WPTF, Raleigh radio station,
Sunday morning at 8:30, on the
Baptist Hour program.
on the church roll; 3. Visitation
program with all persons suggest
ed being visited by members of
the church; 4. Construction of a
Sunday school building; 5. Em
phasis on religious training for
Jjoung people, employment of a
director of religious education
and provision for constructive ac-
* JOHN PAT BUIE
Representative John Pat Buie,
the “Lord Mayor of Philadelphus”
and I. P. Graham of Proctorville
have announced that they would
lie candidates for re-election as
members of the state general as-
I. P. GRAHAM
sembly in the coining May pri
mary.
Mr. Graham served in the 1939
session of the general assembly,
and both Mr. Graham and Mr. Buie
were members of the assembly
in 1943 and 1945.
tivities for young people; 6. Ro-
[tation of Sunday school teachers
and training classes for Sunday
schoolteachers.
j The men enjoyed
served by the auxiliary circle
uer the chairmanship of Mrs.
N. Weaver.
Sheriff Waele
Announces
For Office
supper
un-
W.
Alexander Speaker
For FMC Series
Special Services
I The Rev.' Robert L. Alexander,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
jhurch of Lumberton, will be
guest speaker at the week of re
ligions emphasis services at Flora
MacDonald college. February 26,
27 and 28.
5 Mr. Alexander will hold two ser
vices daily, at 10:15 each morn
ing, and vesper services at 6:36
in the evening. This series of ser
vices is sponsored by the student
Christian association, of which
Faye Maness is president.
IN UNIFORM
E. CLYDE WADE
Luther Mac-
MacNeill of
the Bronze
meritorious
MacNeill, son of Mrs.
Neil and the late Mr.
Maxton, wa^ awarded
Star Medal for
CHARLES WALL
Charles Wall, S2-c, has return-
Bay, near Baltimore,
tat-week’s leave with
-parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Wall in Maxton.
CAPT. LUTHER McNEILL
News release from the head
quarters of the Far East Air For
ces states that Captain Luther
Mrs. W. W. Strickland
Rites Held At Centre
-Mrs. J. O. McClelland, win, has
just returned from Richmond,
where she has been at the bedside
of Dr. McClelland, states that his
physicians are greatly encourag
ed over the progress he' has made
toward recovery, following a very
intricate and delicate brain opera
tion. The operation was entirely
successful, and Dr. McClelland is
fully conscious and his mind per
fectly clear, after having been in
a coma for 84 hours before the
surgery. Unless there are compli
cations. he is expected to recover,
and will return home soon.
Dr. John Meredith performed
the operation, not Dr. Coleman,
as previously stated, as Dr. Cole
man was ill. Dr. Meredith is his
assistant and is said to be a very
brilliant' young surgeon.
Maxton and Laurinburg, Who con
ferred with representatives of the
War Department last week in re
gard to acquiring the property
of the Laurinburg-Maxtc|i Army
Air Base,
given to- under-
stand that they could probably do
this provided they maintain the
base as an airport in a manner.
satisfactory to the CAA. They
were told, however, that no defi
nite action could be taken until
the base was officially declared
surplus which will probably be
in about two weeks.
'The town officials feel that
this is a very serious matter, as
the cost of upkeep will be quite
heavy, and a meeting is being
held this week to take the matter
under advisement. It is likely that
application will be made for it
by the towns, said Mayor Howard
Hasty of Maxton.
Mrs. Julia Emma Strickland,
widow of W. W. Strickland of the
Antioch community, died at
.Thompson hospital in Lumberton
early Sunday morning after an
Dr. R. D. Croom To
Take Refresher Course
The
May 01-
delegation was composed
A. Hasty, who represented
Hasty H. A. McKinnon of
Illness
of three weeks
She was the daughter of the
late D. F. White of Fredericks
burg, Va., and Mary Jane Harris
White of Robeson coun’ty.
Surviving are two brothers.
James A. White of South Norfolk,
Va., and ,A. H. White of Maxton,
and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held this
morning 1 at 11 o’clock from Cen
ter Presbyterian church, conduct
ed by the Rev. J. W. Mann, pas
tor of the Antioch Presbyterian
church, assisted by theRev. G.
H. Kirkpatrick, pastor of Center
church. Interment was in
church cemetery.
Willim H. Worrell
Wreck Victim, Is
Buried Thursday
the
Dr. R. D. Croom of Maxton ex
pects to take a two weeks re
fresher course at the Medical Col
lege of Virginia, of which he is
a graduate. He will leave March 1,
and Dr. Green L. Rea, who has
had 23 years experience in public
health work will be in b’s offices
during his absence.
936 Pounds Of
Clothing Given
Nine hundred X and thirty-six
pounds of clothing were collected
in Red Springs and vicinity dur-
ing .the
campaign.
recent victory clothing
ncuncement
Baldwin.
according to an
by Chairman L.
In announcing the results
the campaign. Mr. Baldwin
an-
E.
of
ex-
pressed appreciation for the fine
efforts of all persons., in lhe area
who contributed and those who
helped in the collection.
The clothing collected consisted
Lumberton, attorney for the town
of Mlaxton and Dr.. Louis . C. La
Motte, president of Presbyterian
Junior College, and D. J. Sinclair,
mayor of Laurinburg.. E. H. Gib-'
son city attorney. J. D. Phillips
of the Scotland County Memorial
hospital and Edwin Pate.,Mr. Phil
lips was interested in acquiring
sufficient hospital equipment to
operate a hundred bed hospital
for Laurinburg until the Menior-.
ial hospital is built.
News and Vieyvs
W. S. (Billy) Britt, who is be
ing mentioned frequently as a pos
sible candidate for the House of
Representatives, stated today to a
1 -^ representative that he was
not ready to make any announce
ment. Thus, the question of his
entering the race against Con
gressman J. Bayard Clark of Fay
etteville, who filed for renomina-
ton Saturday, was left unanswer
ed and could be best dscribed by
Mr. Britt’s answer to the ques
tion as “he didn’t say yes, and he
didn’t say no.”
The assumption is that Mr. Britt
is giving serious consideration to
the possibility of becoming a can
didate for the office. It is under
stood, from sources' other than
Mr. Britt, that there has been
started in the county a movement
to have Mr. Britt enter the race
for Congress.
Mr. Britt, prominent Lumberton
attorney, has served as chairman
of the County Board of Elections,
and as chairman
cratic Executive
of the Demo-
Committee, in
addition to having served as State
Senator. He has twice been a dele
gate to the Democratic Nations 1
Convention.
Superintendent
Continues Ill
C. L. Green, county
perintendent, continues
Green
school su
ill at his
home fn Maxton. He has been con
fined to his home for approxi
mately three weeks because of
flu.
RED CROSS
A luncheon meeting of
ning committee of the
county Red Cross fund
the
plan-
Robeson
campaign
will be held- Monday, Feb. 25, at
the Lorraine hotel.
Invitations to the meeting have
been
county
mailed
by C. B. Stafford.
chairman of the Red
Cross appeal which begins Mon
day.
In conformity with his state
ment of several weeks ago, Sheriff
Clyde Wadle today releases his
official announcement that he
achievement in connection with
military operations in New Gui
nea and the Philippine Islands
from August 13, 1944, to Sept. 2,
1945. The award was" in recogni
tion of Capt. MacNeill’s outstand
ing service during this trying pe-
will seek
of sheriff
mary.
Sheriff
follows:
reelection to the office
in the coming May pri-
■ Wade’s announcement
“Subject to the Demo-
cratic primary of May, I announce
my candidacy for the office of
sheriff of Robeson county.
“The people of Robeson county
have elected me to that office for
the past two terms. In seeking
reelection, I wish to run
record as sheriff and to
the people of this county
will devote my time and
to provide them with an
and efficient administration.”
on my
assure
that I
energy
honest
Schedule For 4-H
And HD Meetings
Five 4-H club meetings
and
eight Home Demonstration meet
ings will be held in Robeson
county during the next, seven days
t was announced by the office of
Mrs. Anne G. Chandler, county
home agent.
Topic for the combined boys-
girls 4-H meetings will be “Better
Health,” while in their individual
sessions the girls wil discuss “Us
ing Eggs in the Diet” and the
boys “Growing Heathy Pullets.”
The 4-H meetings as scheduled:
Parkton, Feb. 22;. Fairmont, Feb.
25: Long Branch. Feb. 26; Row-
land, Feb. 27; Barnesville, Feb.
28. . '
Home demonstration meetings:
Maxton, Feb. 21: Liberty and Ro ¬
zier, Feb. 22;
Rennert, -en.
Philadelphus.
Ten-Mile, Feb.
Allenton, Feb. 25;
26; Rowland and
Feb. 27; Barker-
28.
Samuel Ira Andrews, 58, of East
Lumberton. died Tuesday after-
noon. Surviving are
several children.
Funeral services
Thursday morning
the widow and
at Hollywood cemetery.
will be held
at 11 o’clock
riod by his diligence in
formance of his duties
manding officer of an
squadron of an air depot
the per-
as com-
aviation
group, in
maintaining the flow of aircraft
to support the Leyte campaign.
The citation further stated that
again at Manila he displayed en
thusiastic devotion to duty in
handling all details of moving
units to the Okinawa area, com
pleting his work ahead of sched
ule, and that his company great
ly assisted the Far East Air For
ces to play a decisive role in win
ning of the war.
JOE MAC COVINGTON
J' . Mac Covington, seaman 1-e,
ha§ recently returned from China,
and has now received his dis
charge from the navy after sev ¬
Funeral services for William
Howard Worrell, 22, recently dis
charged veteran who was killed
in an automobile accident Thurs
day near Raeford, were held Sun
day afternoon from the Philadel
phus Presbyterian church, con
ducted by Dr. H. T. Graham, sup
ply pastor. Interment was made
in the church cemetery.
Survivng are his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. F. M. Worrell of Park-
ton, route 2; two brothers, Frank
lin and Paul Worrell of the home;
and four sisters, Mrs. Hilbert
Humphrey of Lumberton, route 4,
Mrs. "J. L. Mabe of Parkton, route
2. and Mary Worrell of the home.
of 1,064 garments, 91 pairs
shoes and six blankets.
Red Cross Worker
Talks To Rotary
of
Victory Canned
Goods Drive Opens
eral years
of Mrs. A.
ton.
PFC.
service. He is the son
C. Covington of Max-
LEO LOCKLEAR
Pfc. Leo Locklear of Maxton
is one of 1200 army veterans who
returned last week to the" States
for discharge aboard the U. S.
Hampton, an attack transport
the Magic Carpet fleet.
Garrett, Banks Will
Help File Returns
S.
of
A schedule has been released
by Thomas R. Garrett and Hubert
C. Banks, internal revenue depart=
ment representatives,' at which
times they will be available for
help in filling
turn forms
and places:
Rowland,
Feb 20-21;
at
at
cut income tax re-
the following times
town clerk’s office;
Red Springs,
board office. Feb. 25-26;
town clerk’s office,
Lumberton, room 4
March 1; Fairmont,
office, March 4-5;
ration
Maxton
Feb. 27-28;
at postoffice,
town clerk’s
Lumberton,
room 4 at postoffice, March 6-15.
The inclusive scope of the in
come tax law requires that all citi-
zens, including minors,
a total income of $500
during 1945 must file a
Deadline for filing is
March 15.
who had
or more
return,
midnight
Victory Collection of Canned
Goods is underway in the Red
Springs area and collections are
being received at Thrower’s Mar
ket and Amos Furniture Co., it
was announced today by Chairman
George Thrower.
In a request, for donations to
this cause, Chairman Thrower
said he knew the people of Red
Springs and vicinity could be
counted on to put this campaign
over the top as they have other
worthy appeals in the past.
Already 200 cans have been col
lected and it is hoped that this
amount can be doubled or tripled.
Guest speaker at the meeting
of the Red Springs Rotary club
Friday night was Miss Eluore
Jones of Cincinnati. Ohio, who
spent 17 nTonths in the Southwest j
Pacific area as a staff assistant !
and art assistant field director for ;
the American Red Cross.
Miss Jones- made an interest
ing talk on her assignments,
which took her to Oro Bay, Hol-
landia, Manila and Subic Bay as
a welfare officer. She returned to
the United States in December
1945.
Miss Jones attended the Univer
sity of Cincinnati and Campbell
Commercial college, in Cincinnati.
She has done Red Cross volunteer
work.
(By RUTH R. CROOM)
IT HURTS US MORE THAN
YOU. Moving, as everyone who.
has ever experienced it knows,
is a painful process, and moving
a newspaper is doubly so. But now
we have them rolling off the press
in Lumberton ti bigger and bet-,
ter press, and we think we’re in
position to give you better
service and lots more news of
county-wide interest. There were
numerous mistakes last week and
some of our subscribers were dis
appointed in not getting their pa
pers. You will be doing us a fa
vor to let us know promptly when
this happens, as we hope it won’t
from now on, but simple as it"'
seems, getting the paper to_ the
subscriber is always one of the .
big problems. The newspaper-sub
scriber relationship you know
must be a. 50-50 proposition, just
like marriage, in order, to be suc
cessful. So, before you criticise
your newspaper, always check
your label and see if your sub- .
scription
instance,
you’re a
supposed
is
in good shape. For
if it
is dated 2-21-45
year in arrears, and it?s
to be paid in advance.
Many Veterans
Visit ES Office
Raleigh, Feb. 18.—In January for
the first time in history, more
than half of the visits made to
the 84
States
North
turned
local offices of the United
Employment Service in
Carolina were made by re-
war veterans. Ernest C.
McCracken, acting state director
of the United States Employment
Service, reports that of
840 visits, 104,062 or 56.3
were made by veterans.
This does not
Craken explains,
ference veterans
ES offices, since
were repeaters*,
mean.
the 184,-
per cent
Mr. Mc-
that 104.062 dif-
visited the US-
many of them
calling to file
Servicemen’s Readjustment Al
lowance claims, to apply for jobs
or for other service or informa
tion. It does mean, however, that
56.3 per cent of the local office
activities had to do with war vet
erans. In December, 47.7 per cent
of the visits were of veterans.
LAYMENS SERVICE AT
MAXTON SUNDAY
The Annual Layman’s Survey
will be observed at the Maxton
Methodist church Sunday, the
theme of which is “Our Timely
Mandate, to Serve, to Seek, to
Save.” Tracy Watson will preside.
Talks will be made by W. A. Webb
and Jasper CIbretli.
RECITALIST
Miss Barbara
Ogilvie, who will be presented in
her graduation recital in piano at
Flora Macdonald college on Mon
day evening, February 25, at 8:15.
Miss Ogilvie is the daughter
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ogilvie
North Wilkesboro, and is the
pil of Dean Robert Reuter.
of
of
pu-
Then ask yourself the question,
do you go to the trouble to give
us the news you think we should
have, or never say a word, and
blame us for not. reading your
mind. To those of you, and there
are many, who have been so un
derstanding and encouraging dur
ing the difficult days of the war
and post-war, we want to say i .’
great big Thank You. \ »
ALL IN ONE EASY LESSON—
We note that the other newspa-
papers are also receiving letters
from the miracle workers, who
want to sell a book, which will
tell you positively.'
guarantee how to
money-back-
attain your .
heart’s desire, and another from
a company who will sell ycu, dirt
cheap, some little pills to keep
you forever young and beautiful.
All this and heaven too! - • -
TRY, TRI AGAIN—Our pub ¬
lisher, Dongald Coxe, and his as- ■
sociate who says he will read our
proof, were just in, and made us
a promise that they’d personally .
see that the little vers'e we quot-
ed last week would be published
correctly this week. It made no
sense at all as you no doubt no-,
ticed as the two punch lines were
omitted. Now we’re trying again,
for it really
Imagine a
above it.
‘What’s the
is good.
little dog’s picture
use o’ howlin’
Tho the grind is long and hard
The path to happiness never was '
A well-paved boulevard.
So forget about your troubles
That get you riled and v t exed ’
For the spice o’ life is guessing
Jes’ what’s a-comin’ next.
Mrs.
Hasty
visited
them
J. L. Pace and Mrs. C. A. -
and little '’daughter, Jane
Miss Helen Butler in Sou-
Pines Wednesday.